Megan asked for an x and + block in these Innocent Crush prints and solids. When she assigned this block, I thought, “Oh good, easy and fun!” I guess that thought jinxed me, because for some reason I had issues with this block. Sometimes you just can’t predict what’s going to cause problems, can you? I’ve even made this block before! But somehow I cut the dark brown slightly too small, and of course I didn’t have enough to re-cut all four pieces. But in the words of Tim Gunn, I made it work. I think. (You’ll see that the dark brown piece on top is slightly too short. Hopefully Megan’s okay with that.)

Ah, applique. It’s really just not my thing. So when Rachel asked for this Bubble block in blues and greens and grays, with circles appliqued to a Kona background, I was a little nervous. I hoped putting it together would change my mind about applique. Nope, it still isn’t my thing. But I do love how this block looks.